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This Rossini Sudoku was originally written by Ashish Kumar for the 16th World Sudoku Championship, but it proved a bit too difficult for what we needed in the championship. So we kept it to be a Sunday Special on GMPuzzles, where we expect this puzzle works perfectly for solvers looking for a challenge.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Rossini<\/p>\n

PDF<\/a><\/p>\n

or solve online<\/a> (using our beta test of Penpa-Edit tools)<\/p>\n

Theme:<\/b> Ribbon<\/p>\n

Author\/Opus:<\/b> This is the 119th puzzle from our contributing puzzlemaster Ashish Kumar.<\/p>\n

Rules:<\/b> Standard Sudoku<\/a> rules. Also, arrows outside the grid indicate if the first three numbers are in ascending or descending order. The arrow points towards the highest number in the series. If no arrows outside the grid are given, the first three numbers can be in neither ascending nor descending\u00a0order.<\/p>\n

See also this example:<\/p>\n

\"Rossini<\/p>\n

Difficulty:<\/b> 4.5 stars<\/p>\n

Time Standards (highlight to view):<\/b> Grandmaster = 8:30, Master = 17:45, Expert = 35:30<\/span><\/p>\n

Solution:<\/b> PDF<\/a> and solving animation<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Note:<\/b> Follow this link for other variations of Sudoku<\/a> and this link for classic Sudoku<\/a>. If you are new to this puzzle type, here are our easiest Sudoku<\/a> to get started on.<\/p>\n

Note 2:<\/b>\u00a0Comments on the blog are great! For a more interactive discussion, please also consider using our\u00a0Season 2 Preview Week Discussion post<\/a>\u00a0on the GMPuzzles Discord. Not a member of the Discord? Click\u00a0this link<\/a>\u00a0for basic access and check subscriber instructions for role-related access.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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